Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-25
OUR BISMARCK correspondent.
What He Sees and Hears ut the
CAPITAL of Interest to
DakOtianS.

BISMARCK, Oak, Feb. 10-The dogs of war
are about to be turned loose again. Alarge
lobby is here from Mitchell TO resuscitate the
court removal bill, which passed the House,
but is now slumbering III the hands OF the
committee. Among the Mitchellites on the
ground is ex-Chief Justice Edgerton, who says
he has come on business before tho Supreme
Court, but who acts for all the world like q
man who wants to see the court removed from
Yankton to Mitchell. The bill will be called
up in q few days.
Another measure which will excite much
discussion and which will revive an aggravat-
ing question, 10 that introduced in the House
providing for the disbanding of the Capital
Commission and the acceptance Of the Capital
building by the Territory. The bill makes the
Governor, Secretary and Auditor of the Terri
tory q commission to take chargeof the build
maintenance. It also provides for the ap,-
praisement of the 800 acres of land gwen with
the building by the citizens of Bismarck. 1t
is expected that the capital removal faction
will oppose this measure, which, it Defeated
cred to contract debts and expend money for
the buildings, care and Improvement
The House was regAled the other day with
a lecture by Mrs. Packard, the lady who was
placed in an insane asylum il lllln s3ss
DCC1CISO O1 lCE TollSlOu6- UCA0ASy OAo
advocates the passage of 3 bill giving
each inmate of an asylum the right to
choose one correspondent with whom he may
communicate without having his letters inter
cepted.. I think this bill will pass.
Much discussion was INDUCED in on the bill
defining the crime of rape aud fixing the age
the consent Of a gil under Il years Of ago
shall not be accepted as defense:
A bill is snow before the Council providing that
p,orr;od u,oppop .lall have all &ha LEGAL riphta
of single women. and shall BIO entitled to ap-
pear in court in their own names in all actions
affecting their rights. In fact, the Legislature
has taken q shift toward the women of late,
popularity among the calico. A woman suf;
frage bill will be introduced this week and
will be championed in the House by Colonel
Moore, of Sully County, the frisky old iron
gray colt of that body, and in the Council ny
Mr.. Smith, of Yankton. 1t will como very near
passing, and may become a law.
The local-optlon temperance bill has been
favorably reported, and, with several enthusl-
astic champions in tho House, will pass that
body. 1t provides that when 900 voters OF q
question of the sale Of liquor, the Commits
sioners shall call the election and q majority
vote shall decide.
The bill placed before the House appropri-
ating Sl50,IOO for the purchase of seed wheat
for farmers whose crops were destroyed by
drought or storms last year is looked upon
with favor and should pass. If there is any
question upon which tho Legislature should
be generous, it is that OF assisting the farmers
of the Territory who have been contending with
INTRIGUING corporations, scheming usuers and
designing elements during the past two years.
An effort will be made to pass the bill en-
abling a person whose relative or friend has
been lost in o railroad accident to sue for
primitive damages of sl0,0O0.
Acting Gov. Mccormick has brought down
upon his head the wrath of tho peopleof Sioux
Falls by vetoing the. bill 1egaliZing their cleo
ton at which they voted $50, OO to the Bur-
lington and Western Railroad. There are
numerous conflicting opinions as to the pro-
priety orleSal soundness of tho veto, and it is
not certain that the House will emulate the
example of the Council in passing the bill over
his veto. If it does not, then tho citizens Of
Sioux Falls who guaranteed the bonds must
shoulder the burden.
The bill for the removal of the United States
Court from Deadwood to Sioux Tails is now
before the Council, and may pass. Odds are
against its passage, however, as the judges Of
the Supreme Court, now in the city, have
stated to members that they ore not desirous
of removal.
The bill for tho location of the Soldiers
Homo at Hot Springs will be taken up IN a day
or two, and although it may pass the House,
under the urgent demands of the Black Hills
members, I fear it will never become a law.
The interest now centers in the question of
appointments. Gov. Church has returned
from Huron and taken the oath of Office. On
to-day's tram came a horde of the %pap-hunt-
ers, and the number now in the city, grasping
for place, exceeds that Of any previous session
in the history Of the Territory.
Among those now on the ground are Abe
Boynton of Lennox, L. G. Johnson Of Ordway,
Frank Wilson of Pcmbina, Capt. Griggs OF
Grand Forks, and Joseph Hare Of Bismarck,
all after q Railroad Commissionership, fol
which place there are $50 applicants. Budd
Reeve ia strongly endorsed for the Office OF
Day, who made such = gallant run for Con.
gress last fall, is here on d lively trot after the
Territorial Authorship, and no.rly al agree
that he is entitled to recognition. Judge Ben.
sioner of immigration, with good support
For Attorney General. Kirk Windsor, of S.ouz
Falls. John r. Wilson, Major McGindley, OF
Mandan. and Judge Pratt, of Grand Forks, arc
all leddi7tg candidates.